Station drag and position of modules

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John Doe - 02 Jul 2008 01:47 GMT

Out of curiosity, could they have put the japanese lab on the forward
facing port of node 2 ?

Seems that this would have reduced drag by a fair amount. Or is the
additional drag generated by a sideways japanese lab very small ?

Say they were to have put the japanese lab forward facing. Could they
dock the shuttle to a port attached PMA2 ?

Would docking to a sideways attached PMA present signficant challenges
from an orbital mechanics pont of view. Or are the differences very easy
to adapt to ?

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Brian Gaff - 02 Jul 2008 18:35 GMT

Well, I don't see there is that much drag compared to the rest of the
station. Where did this drag idea come from?

With all the solar arrays up there I'd have thought a little module was not
likely to make much difference.

Brian

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> Out of curiosity, could they have put the japanese lab on the forward
> facing port of node 2 ?
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> from an orbital mechanics pont of view. Or are the differences very easy
> to adapt to ?

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